Search - Various Artists :: Bass 2000

My first exposure and I'm hooked!

03/26/1999

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I don't even listen to hip-hop or rap or BASS or techno-whatever as a rule, but this, my first exposure to the genre, is very entertaining. I've never written a music review and it's probably apparent that I lack the vocabulary to properly categorize and describe this CD, but I am compelled to encourage others to listen to it - it's so special. It really has me looking for more of the same, but as yet, I haven't come close. Almost entirely instrumental, I find it makes no demands on the listener, instead offering an environment or aural space in which to escape. The bass octaves are thoroughly explored, but in a way that's definitely more musical than percussive. It's very stimulating, but not at all offensive or unpalatable. I hope I don't do it a disservice to say this, but it's the best elevator music I've ever heard! Surely it will appeal to a broad audience. I'm a 42 year old redneck computer programmer and family man, but I can't imagine my appreciation for this music being any less zealous than that of the legions of boombox barrio youth this stuff typically attracts. Try it!Mike"